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Guests: Large or Small Affair?
A Conservative Perspective by Rivka C. Berman

How many should be invited to a wedding celebration?

Wedding guests range in number from an intimate gathering of twenty to an intimate gathering of every single person the couple ever greeted with a “hello.”  In any event, at least ten adults males must be present during the ceremony, to form the minyan, the quorum.  A minyan of adults, became a requirement at wedding ceremonies in the eighth century because a quorum of ten or more brings a solemn dignity to the ceremony. 

A wedding celebrated with fewer people is still valid, just as a minyan-less weddings were in Talmudic times.

A beautiful custom in Jewish history, a custom still practiced in some circles in Israel and chassidic communities around the world, was to prepare a table for "unexpected guests."  A table flowing with food and drink is readied for the poor and hungry who often relied on these gestures for their one hot meal of the week. 
 



 

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